{"id":10860,"date":"2017-11-09T17:18:27","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T22:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.overstockart.com\/blog\/?p=10860"},"modified":"2017-11-09T17:18:27","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T22:18:27","slug":"claude-monet-origins-of-impressionism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.overstockart.com\/blog\/claude-monet-origins-of-impressionism\/","title":{"rendered":"Claude Monet: Origins of Impressionism"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a youth, future famous artist, Claude Monet, enjoyed drawing and decided he wanted to become an artist. His father didn\u2019t want him to, but he went on to school anyway at College du Havre for art, where he met Eugene Boudin who taught him the in plein air technique of painting. This was the start of Monet\u2019s career. Later, after his mother died, he moved to Paris where he met many other future Impressionists, such as Manet and Pissarro.<\/p>\n

The term \u2018impressionism\u2019 actually originated from one of Monet\u2019s paintings called Impression, Sunrise<\/em>. This painting was the most popular in an art exhibition that featured works from other Impressionists, including Cezanne, Degas, Pissarro, and Manet. Louis Leroy, art critic, coined the term \u2018Impressionist\u2019 based off of the title of Monet\u2019s work, which was the most prominent piece in \u2018The Exhibition of the Impressionists.\u2019 This term was originally supposed to be part of a satire review, but the group of painters embraced it, and became known for their unclear renditions or \u2018impressions\u2019 of simple and ordinary subject matter.<\/p>\n

The Era of Impressionism created a name for itself just by being so different than preceding movements. With it\u2019s strange angles, use of pure color rather than mixed, and studies of lighting, Impressionism presented a fresh perspective in the art world. Contrary to traditional painting techniques, color was focused on more than shapes, and composition remained open and asymmetrical. Painters found that painting en plein air <\/i>could allow them to capture lighting effects that were not the same as painting in an indoor studio.<\/p>\n

Claude Monet\u2019s style in Impression, Sunrise<\/em> is actually quite different than his usual style, which rather featured small brushstrokes creating images full of color and light. He often featured Madame Monet and their own children in his paintings and they acted as models for him. Even while his wife suffered from tuberculosis, he painted her.<\/p>\n

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Monet played a huge role in the Impressionist art movement, and is widely considered the founder of Impressionism. Many artists and art lovers alike are still influenced and inspired by his work today. His paintings will always remain a timeless treasure to the world of art, and will provide enjoyment for generations to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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